VCE Aural Help Sheet
TRIADS
Major Scale 1 Major 2 Minor 3 Minor 4 Major 5 Major 6 Minor 7 Diminished
Harmonic Minor Scale
1 Minor 2 Diminished 3 Augmented 4 Minor 5 Major 6 Major 7 Diminished
SEVENTH CHORDS
Major Scale 1 Major 7 2 Minor 7 3 Minor 7 4 Major 7
5 Dominant 7 6 Minor 7 7 Half Diminished 7 (Minor 7 b5)
Harmonic Minor Scale
1 Minor (Major7) 2Half Diminished 3 Augmented (M7#5) 4 Minor 7
5 Dominant 7 6 Major 7 7 Diminished 7
Chord Progressions (listen for up a 4th or down a 5th 14736251) Chord Progressions usually finish with a cadence. Diatonic means of the scale. You will also need to learn your major and relative minor key- signatures.
CADENCES
Perfect V-I Plagal IV – I Interrupted V – VI
MAJOR Major/Dom7 – Major/Major 7 Major – Major Major – Minor
MINOR Major/Dom7 – Minor/Minor7 Major – Minor Major-Major; Dom7 - Maj7
Imperfect I – V II – V IV – V anything to V
MAJOR MajorMajor7 – Major/Dom7 Minor/Minor7 – Major/Dom7 Major/Major7 – Major/Dom7
MINOR Min/Min(Maj7) – Maj/Dom7 Dim/Half Dim – Maj/Dom7 Min/Min7 – Maj/Dom7
VI – V See Interrupted cadence!
RULES FOR BUILDING CHORDS THROUGH INTERVALS
MAJOR TRIAD ROOT POSITION Major 3rd minor 3rd
MAJOR TRIAD 1st INVERSION minor 3rd Perfect 4th
MAJOR TRIAD 2nd INVERSION Perfect 4th Major 3rd
MINOR TRIAD minor 3rd Major 3rd
MINOR TRIAD 1st INVERSION Major 3rd Perfect 4th
MINOR TRIAD 2nd INVERSION Perfect 4 minor 3rd
DIMINISHED TRIAD minor 3rd minor 3rd
AUGMENTED TRIAD Major 3rd Major 3rd
DOMINANT 7 Major 3rd minor 3rd minor 3rd
MINOR 7 minor 3rd Major 3rd minor 3rd
MAJOR 7 Major 3rd minor 3rd Major 3rd
DIMINISHED 7 minor 3rd minor 3rd minor 3rd
HALF DIMINISHED (minor7b5) minor 3rd minor 3rd Major 3rd
SUS 4 Perfect 4 Major 2nd ( the 4th replaces 3rd)
DOMINANT 7 SUS 4 Perfect 4th Major 2nd minor 3rd
MAJOR 6 (Major triad with 6th) Major 3rd Minor 3rd minor 2nd
Lynne Morton Belmont HS 2011
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